LOL: Laugh Out Loud, Stand Proud

SUMMARY

‘LOL: Laugh Out Loud, Stand Proud’ is an international initiative that will involve 24 participants engaged in the youth work field from 8 countries: Lithuania, Portugal, Italy, Czechia, Greece, Romania, Belgium and Poland. 
The training aims to combine Human Rights Education and Stand-Up Comedy to empower participants to address sensitive topics (Hate Speech, Freedom of Expression, Inclusive Language, and Intolerance/Discrimination) in new and creative ways.

OBJECTIVES

• Empower participants to become advocates for human rights in their communities
• Introduce how to use stand-up comedy techniques to enhance engagement in education.
• Expand participants' understanding of the four main pillars of the project.
• Develop communication, creativity, critical thinking, facilitation, and emotional intelligence skills

Through practical and hands-on experience with stand-up comedy techniques, like crafting jokes, youth workers will be able to spark important conversations and inspire young people to think critically about the world around them.

Dates/deadlines:
ARRIVALS: 22nd June 2025 TRAINING DAYS: 23 - 29 June 2025 DEPARTURES: 30th June 2025

Important for the reimbursement procedure: After the mobility, participants commit to organise Dissemination Events in their countries. (FOLLOW-UP WORKSHOP: by 31st of October 2025.)

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We are looking for 24 participants who are:

• +21
• Residency in the partner countries of this project
• Good command of English
• Priority will be given to the people in position to act as multipliers of the training’s outcomes among youth (e.g. active as youth leaders, professionally active trainers & youth workers, educators)
• Priority should be given to the participants who come from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds
• The project is addressed to the all Gender Spectrum

Trainers of the Activity will be Rasa Tucinskaite, Stefano Esposito  and Miguel Ferreira.

You can find more information on the project Infopack HERE